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You can be pretty sure that if JC was crucified, he died. Period. Any resurrection is a metaphor or the result of too much want, too much sun and too long without a proper meal on the part of those who saw/spoke with the guy. I bet he lived, and was a Charismatic (other notable charismatics were Alexander the Great, Ghengis Khan, Joan of Arc and Napoleon) who was also a polymath with a heart - combine that with a committment to belief and following one's thoughts to their logical conclusion, and the man (JC) who decided that we could speak directly to God without needing the intercession of a priest class would stick to his guns and feel he had to communicate this important new idea even when the entrenched powers decided he was a dangerous revolutionary and needed to be destroyed.
The term excruciating, meaning the ultimate in horrible pain, comes from Ex Crusis, or from the cross, because that particular punishment was the absolute worst one the Romans (a nasty, and rather advanced and educated group of people) could come up with. Anyone on the cross was a goner. Roman guards were punished by death if a condemned prisoner escaped/went missing. The guards would have been damned sure to keep that pesky JC guy under close watch until he was dead, dead, dead.
So I repeat - any sighting of JC post-crucifixion was a result of exposure, hunger and desperate desire on the part of whoever claimed to see him. Don't discount the possibility of a "Big Lie" on the part of such claimnants either. These folks had an agenda and a power structure they were challenging and a fear of rather nasty death - they would use whatever weapons came to hand in their fight.
With all due respect to whoever feels it ought to be due, of course.
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